LETTER: Let Sir Antony Gormley create a Hexham arts centre

Sir Antony Gormley's proposals for the fire station in Hexham were to turn it into an arts exhibition space <i>(Image: Chrissie Iliffe 2025)</i>
Sir Antony Gormley's proposals for the fire station in Hexham were to turn it into an arts exhibition space (Image: Chrissie Iliffe 2025)
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What if Pope Sixtus 4 had said to Michelangelo, “ What if you don’t do the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

"Value for money there’s a case to be made for decorating a smaller church nearby . I’m sure it would suit your ideas just as well.”

Thankfully Sixtus 4 didn’t say that.

He didn’t take a value for money approach so the whole world has the Sistine Chapel ceiling to enjoy and wonder at.

Northumberland County Council should think again and put aside its parochial considerations.

Let Sir Antony Gormley, internationally renowned sculptor, create a centre in Hexham for The Foundation Foundation charity on the site central to his ideas.

Let Hexham, Northumberland and the whole country be the beneficiary of his forward looking proposal.

Bill and Gill Shaw

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